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Olivia Popp


246 articles available in total starting from 17/10/2023. Last article published on 29/07/2025.

Scandar Copti’s Happy Holidays triumphs at Marrakech

Scandar Copti’s Happy Holidays triumphs at Marrakech

The film also collected twin Best Actress gongs, while Damian Kocur’s Under the Volcano emerged as another double winner for Best Director and Best Actor  

09/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Awards

Jean-Claude Barny, Alexandre Bouyer • Director of and actor in Fanon

Interview: Jean-Claude Barny, Alexandre Bouyer • Director of and actor in Fanon

“What's interesting is to bring him back into the world of the living and not into the world of a posthumous icon”

The director and star talk about how they crafted their portrayal of Martiniquan intellectual Frantz Fanon on screen, and how they connected with others who identify with his story  

06/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024

REPORT: Atlas Workshops 2024

REPORT: Atlas Workshops 2024

The seventh edition of Marrakech’s industry platform includes five exciting European co-productions that have begun to pique interest  

06/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Atlas Workshops

Dania Reymond-Boughenou • Director of Silent Storms

Interview: Dania Reymond-Boughenou • Director of Silent Storms

“I think I have the subconscious desire to give a colour and a texture to invisible things”

The debuting writer-director shares how she brought to life the buried emotions of loss incurred during the Algerian Civil War through different cinematic elements  

06/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024

Review: Fanon

Review: Fanon

Jean-Claude Barny makes the life and legacy of Martiniquan anti-colonial intellectual, psychiatrist and revolutionary Frantz Fanon accessible without losing the essence of his work  

06/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024

Aisha Can’t Fly Away and Princesse Téné scoop the top prizes at this year’s Atlas Workshops

Aisha Can’t Fly Away and Princesse Téné scoop the top prizes at this year’s Atlas Workshops

Other winners included Lina Soualem’s Alicante, Abdallah Al Khatib’s Chronicles from the Siege and Linda Lô’s Lucky Girl  

06/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024 | Atlas Workshops/Awards

Review: Silent Storms

Review: Silent Storms

In Dania Reymond-Boughenou’s speculative debut feature, the weight of Algerian Civil War history cannot physically be held back in a community confronted by mysterious events  

03/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024

Review: The Thousand and One Days of Hajj Edmond

Review: The Thousand and One Days of Hajj Edmond

Simone Bitton weaves together an elegiac love letter to lesser-known Moroccan Jewish writer and intellectual Edmond Amran El Maleh  

03/12/2024 | Marrakech 2024

The inaugural African-European Distribution Academy draws to a close

The inaugural African-European Distribution Academy draws to a close

The programme boldly aims to improve exchange, access and networks between distributors and other media professionals in the African and European film markets  

02/12/2024 | Industry | Market | Germany/Europe/Africa

The fourth Red Sea International Film Festival finalises its full programme line-up

The fourth Red Sea International Film Festival finalises its full programme line-up

Running from 5-14 December, the Saudi event taking place in Jeddah boasts 16 films in its competition line-up, a breadth of Saudi flicks and a multitude of critics’ darlings from around the world  

29/11/2024 | Red Sea 2024

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